Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-20

he Owner % the Cutter Arrow Mott
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The Owner % che Gutter Arrow Motif
neA - Gen. Paine's Decssesa.
Boston Dispssch to the Nsw York Herald. April 10.
whtie the Maynowef and aalatea negotiatioas
were IN progress last year Nr. Tankerviile Cham.
oenayne. owner Of the English cutter Arrow, In
cnAuenSe TO the owners OF American saoopA stated
tnaf he would ofief the Queens cup, won oy the
Arrow In l&So, ss challenge trophy for inter-
national racinga Three conditions were named
m his challenge, VIZ:
That the yacht should be 0 cutter o. siocp. SIX
months notice OF challenge TO be given, and that
ne should be informed OF the challenge moi laser
thsn April ], lsS6 In csse ne answer wss re.
eessea Mp 20 that time the same wo0la ID open
for this year.
Gen. Paine and Nr. Edwd Burgess considered
-: CaamDcfiaypeS proposition, and about i've
wcekS $50 INFORMED the owner Of the ArroW, both
~ can.e ana Letter thai hts challenge had ben
rsceS Ten. Paine turned over the management
tne Aaynowcf TO MI Burgess, who was % have
. 1 e1n.rSi the white s.oop in case the matches
~ MS word aud accepted what he thought the
terms imPlied-"a challenge TO American Scoops "
y.cs end e rs 1as leading sSSg
nsr across the osssn would give i've our our EnsiisS
thus settle the QuesIiou II superiority in English
waters MT. chamberiayne was well aware that
sne Aayn0wC was centerboard was coAveys-
!aceA and must have known that, in case his chsl-
lenge was accepted, the cutter Arrow would have
70 mee. mat type OF yacht
ana Gen. Paine then learned oficIaily Of the cor.
rectness OF what had been told him nearly two
weeks before. The conditions were carefully con.
Sdefoo Dy both Cen Paine and Mr.. BurHesS aud
on Friday last the following cableSram Was sent
TO the owner OF the Arrow:
ACHAAnsaLAvnR cnnbury Park Winchester,
.Isestnction: o. ccnterboArd Of the Maynower
are inadmlSdbie. BrR9sss
A reply was expected last SATURDAY. but r. was
not till this morning that Mr. Burgess received the
Iolaoutng ca0aegram In answer 70 his message OF
'CIRvEpox, April 10. 1877.
sVery sorry. Arrow cannot possibly cOncede
great advantage OF Unrestricted ceDterboard
CHAMBRR.AyH.."
hAYFLowRR WuL REMAIN HERR.
This settles the matter. and the races for the
Queens cup viii not take place this year. II isan
absolute back down on the part OF the owner OF
the Arrow, who has acknowledged over his own
signature the great edvantageef q centerbeard- y
~ would have been better for the owner OF the
ARROW % have raced his yacht even II he haA suf-
fered defeat To issue challenge TO an s.Ameri.
can sl0op" and then 10 make the conditions % Oh.
erSSsDe That sSs would not start In the race ss
suckers Is certainly not spoitsInanlike.
MI. Burgess was asked to-day by Herald rep
resentauye anything further would be done Ia
the matter. "No," he replied; "under the c0ndi-
tons we cannot go on With the match The Nay
other way"
"woud you have accepted the challenge had
you had any suspicious OF such conditioner
most certainly not, was the reply. Mr. Bur-
CESS further expressed some disappointment at
the result, but apparently feels somewhat com.
Iorteo by The Thought that he can now give his
whole mind to the new slOop. Gen. Paine agreed
with MI. Burgess that In justice TO American
yachting he could not assent TO the conditions
THE LAST MESSAGE.
A cablegram will be sent Mr. Chamberlayne To-
day acknowledging the receipt OF the message
above quoted.
II Is to be regretted that the races fell through.
as II Is almost certain that the Mayi1ower would
nave beaten both the Arrow and the Trek and
thus asserted the superiority OF American laval
architecture in yacht designing.
THE JUBILEE RACE ROUND TIE BRITISH ISLES
London special TO the Herald says: Mr., Jas.
Heath, secretary OF the Alexandria Yacht Club.
Southend on-Sea received to-day letter from the
secretary OF the Royal Thames Yacht Club stating
tnat the Jubilee yacht race round the British Isles
would be started by the Prince OF Wales from on
the Southend pier, instead OF from the More, as
originally arranged.